The On-Freezing Phenomenon: Cognitive and Behavioral Aspects

Table 4

A comparison between the two groups, at 12 months.

Items	Group A	Over baseline	Group B	Over baseline	𝑃  A versus B
Phonological fluency	−1.23 ± 0.20	ns	+2.70 ± 0.40	ns	𝑃<0.01
Intrusion mistakes	+3.45 ± 0.34	𝑃<0.05	+0.23 ± 0.20	ns	𝑃<0.01
Digit span forward	−0.40 ± 0.10	ns	−0.50 ± 0.10	ns	𝑃<0.05
Digit span backward	−1.10 ± 0.20	𝑃<0.05	−1.23 ± 0.10	𝑃<0.05	ns
Trail making oral; time (sec.)	+3.20 ± 1.10	ns	+3.10 ± 1. 80	ns	ns
Trail making oral; mistakes	+1.80 ± 0.20	𝑃<0.05	+0.70 ± 0.20	ns	𝑃<0.01
Freezing of thoughts	1 ± 0.0		0.0
Freezing of language	1 ± 0.0		0.0
CIR	+0.70 ± 0.91	ns	+0.69 ± 0.39	ns	𝑃<0.01
Proverbs’ Interpretation (correct answers)	−1.30 ± 0.50	𝑃<0.05	+2.30 ± 0.50	𝑃<0.05	𝑃<0.01
Raven; time (min.)	+1.50 ± 0.30	ns	+1.70 ± 0.30	ns	ns
Raven (correct answers)	+1.40 ± 0.24	ns	−0.50 ± 0.04	ns	ns
Stroop; time (sec.)	+7.20 ± 0.50	𝑃<0.05	+2.90 ± 4.20	ns	𝑃<0.01
Stroop; mistakes	+2.10 ± 0.40	𝑃<0.05	+1.70 ± 0.90	ns	𝑃<0.01
Retrieval of a story (correct answers)	+1.30 ± 0.20	ns	−0.98 ± 0.60	ns	ns
Ten-Point Clock Test	−0.20 ± 0.50	ns	+0.40 ± 0.20	ns	𝑃<0.01
Cornell’s Scale	+1.20 ± 0.60	ns	+4.50 ± 0.90	𝑃<0.01	𝑃<0.01
Anxiety score	+0.10 ± 0.21	ns	+1.20 ± 0.12	𝑃<0.05	𝑃<0.05